Stan Gibsons India travelogue - Mumbai skyline

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Posted 2012-05-28

Stan Gibsons India travelogue

Tanuja Randery is managing director of business transformation at Colt Telecom Group in London, UK, which is building pan-European VOIP services and which has a captive operation in India and contracts with Indian firms TCS and Infosys. India is th

Stan Gibsons India travelogue - Paul Coby

Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways, has called on Indian outsourcers TCS and NIIT to help in a major push to implement e-ticketing and self-service check-in. Total savings have been $2 billion, Coby said. Hes looking to boost efficiency by 35% next year.

Stan Gibsons India travelogue - Tom Friedman

New York Times international affairs columnist Thomas Friedman was greeted warmly by the attendees at the Nasscom conference in Mumbai. Friedman got the idea for his book, The World is Flat, while on a visit to Infosys in Bangalore two years

Stan Gibsons India travelogue - S. Gopalakrishnan

S. Kris Gopalakrishnan, chief operating officer and co-founder of Infosys, in his office in Bangalore. Gopalakrishnan told me that cultural issues are still a significant issue in outsourcing deals. To overcome them, Infosys immerses new hir

Stan Gibsons India travelogue - Wipro workers

Workers on the Wipro campus in Bangalore head across a sunny courtyard. The climate in Bangalore is a bit cooler -- and more like California -- than that of steamy Mumbai.

Stan Gibsons India travelogue - A worker at the Wipro campus

The traditional Indian sari is popular everywhere, even on high-tech campuses, such as Wipros.

Stan Gibsons India travelogue - Infosys campus

Infosys has gone all out in commissioning unique architecture, including a pyramid, for its campus in Bangalore. The building styles contrast, but generally succeed in harmonizing.

Stan Gibsons India travelogue - Infosys campus

This building on the Infosys campus in Bangalore is a bit more typical of modern office parks in the U.S.

Stan Gibsons India travelogue - Bill Gates tree

Honored visitors to the Infosys campus are invited to plant a tree. Bill Gates planted this one when he visited in 2002.